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Historical Event on 5/16/1996
Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.

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8/1/1957	M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
8/25/1959	Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
9/29/1992	Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
9/11/1893	Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
4/11/1942	All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi.
10/2/1994	Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.
6/9/1986	ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
6/1/1790	A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
3/31/1867	Prarthana Samaj was established by Ranade, Bhandarkar and others at Mumbai in 1864.
12/5/1950	Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.

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Historical Event on 5/16/1996 Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.

Historical Event on 5/16/1996
Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.